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Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

The Big Unit Speaks | Two-time IM 70.3 champion Sam Long

Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

Taren Gesell

Podcast, Triathlon, Ironman, Health & Fitness, Training, Gesell, Triathletes, Sports, Taren

4.7843 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Pro triathlete Sam Long has blown 2019 out of the water, with four races in 37 days which included two IM 70.3 first-place finishes, Sam is on a tear. The Big Unit joined us first on the podcast in 2018 as a young athlete to watch; now he's keeping pace with some of the biggest names in the field. At 23 years old, he's only just begun!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today's podcast is brought to you by two sponsors, Roka, our pals at Roka, wetsuit, sunglasses,

0:06.3

floaty pants.

0:07.4

Everything you want under the sun can be found at roca.com forward slash Taryn.

0:12.2

Now I want to talk about specifically what wetsuit I use that people have been questioning me on,

0:19.0

well, why aren't you using the super-duper

0:21.4

high-end Maverick Pro X Wetsuit Taryn?

0:24.8

Well, when I go and I train, I use the Maverick Comp, which is their entry-level wetsuit.

0:31.0

I think that that Maverick Comp is as good a wetsuit as some of those, nine, $1,200 wet suits out there for a fraction

0:40.8

of the price trainiacs. So if you are in the market for an entry level wetsuit,

0:46.6

I highly recommend that one. That one sounds like a good one. And the thing is they

0:51.0

put the same kind of quality into every single one of their products. So the so-called

0:54.9

entry level isn't like a lesser entry level. It's just a different wetsuit. Exactly. That's why I've

1:00.3

been such a big fan of Roka, from goggles to wetsuits to floaty pants, sunglasses now, pretty much

1:06.4

everything that I've tried from them since 2013 has been great. So go check out roca.com forward slash taren.

1:13.9

They have set that up.

1:15.4

Roka.com slash tern is kind of the catch-all for everything Trainiac-related.

1:19.6

So sometimes we're running a contest at Roka.com slash taren.

1:23.9

Sometimes there's nothing at roca.com slash taren.

1:28.1

Sometimes there is a discount available at roca.com slash taren.

1:32.5

So go there.

1:33.1

That's your one-stop shop.

1:34.9

Check it out.

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